• Who: Pirates (39-60) vs. White Sox (34-65) • What: MLB regular season, Game 100 • When: 1:35 p.m. • Where: PNC Park • Weather: 79°, cloudy • Pitchers: LHP Andrew Heaney (4-8, 4.59 ERA) vs. RHP Aaron Civale (1-6, 5.30 ERA) • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Radio: Pirates Radio Network • Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV • Satellite: SiriusXM 179/861 • Boxscore: MLB.com • Medianotes: Pirates | White Sox
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final: Cruz strikes out looking to put an end to this embarrassing sweep.
• RUN: Gonzales RBI ground out. White Sox 7-2.
• Reynolds grounds out to shortstop, Cutch moves to third base.
• Cutch with leadoff double to the alley in right field.
• Mike Vasil will finish it off for the White Sox.
• Slater grounds out, really nice play by Hayes to grab that ball as it dipped instead of hoping up to him. Quero grounds out to IKF and Vargas flies out to Cruz.
• David Bednar gets the ninth and Renegade plays down 7-1....
• End eighth inning: Pirates go down in order as Hayes grounds out, IKF strikes out, and Horwitz grounds out to first.
• Dan Altavilla out to pitch for Chicago.
• Meidroth strikes out. He did his job.
• And here comes the rain.... 7-1, let's not.
• We have contact! Taylor flies out to Cruz.
• Montgomery strikes out. Can someone, anyone... hit the ball?
• Dennis Santana out to get some work in the eighth inning.
• End seventh inning: Suwinski strikes out, his second in a row.
• Bart goes down for his third strike out today, Gonzales goes to second base on the wild pitch.
• Cruz provides a breeze striking out.
• A: 19,631
• Gonzales reaches base for third time, second walk of the game.
• Pitching change for White Sox, no more of the 5+ ERA starter Civale as Grant Taylor gets the call from the bullpen.
• Vargas hit a line drive out to center field, Tauchman reaches on a hit-by-pitch, Robert hits a easy chopper back to Ramirez who throws to second for the force out, and Sosa strikes out swinging.
• End sixth inning: Reynolds strikes out.
• Cutch flies out to right field.
• IKF grounds out to second baseman, Horwitz pulls the ball for single to right field.
• Slater strikes out looking and Quero drives one to deep left in front of the wall for the final out.
• Taylor is called out on strikes and Meidroth goes the other way for single to right.
• End fifth inning: Bart swings through a curveball well out of the zone, Suwinski strikes out on the curveball as well, and Hayes grounds out to third.
• Robert strikes out swinging on 97 mph fastball, Sosa grounder to IKF allows Tauchman to move to third, and Montgomery strikes out looking.
• Ramirez on in relief. In that same spirit, I'm now turning over this live file to Eric Bowser and beginning some of my postgame material.
• RUNS. Oh, my. Vargas lifts a fly ball that somehow goes over Cruz for what's scored a two-run double. And that'll be it for Heaney. White Sox, 7-1
• Vargas doubles into the left field corner. Second and third, nobody out.
• Quero opens the Chicago fifth with a walk.
• End fourth inning. Cruz whiffs.
• Gonzales walks after two outs.
• Reynolds rolls over to first.
• Cutch pops out.
• Slater lines out to Cruz, who had a really nice beat on that ball. Third out.
• Meidroth flies out to center.
• Taylor singles into center.
• RUN. Montgomery singles into right-center to score Robert. White Sox, 5-1
• Sosa 6-3. IKF looks the runner back. One down.
• Robert swats a single into left to open the Chicago fourth.
• End third inning. Now Horwitz bounces into a 3-6-3 without even running down the line. As a fan just yelled from up here near the press box, 'WAY TO HUSTLE!'
• Hayes rolls a single up the middle to open the Pittsburgh third.
• Tauchman whiffs.
• Vargas pops up to shallow center.
• Quero one-hops to Hayes.
• End second inning. Suwinski flies out to deep left.
• Bart whiffs, and looks awful doing so.
• RUN. Cruz sac fly to deep-enough center. White Sox, 4-1
• Little League triple for Gonzales to open the Pittsburgh second. Bloop dropped into shallow left, and Taylor threw it to the Chicago dugout.
• Slater 4-3. Third out.
• Meidroth lines out to Horwitz. Two down.
• Taylor smashes a double off the base of the fence in center.
• Montgomery 5-3 to open the Chicago second.
• End first inning. Reynolds 3-1.
• Cutch 5-3.
• Horwitz gets the offense going with a whiff.
• Sosa flies out to Reynolds. Only 20 pitches, somehow, for Heaney, which is good because he's gonna need to wear this one today.
• Robert bounces out to Hayes.
• ANOTHER HOME RUN ... only this one left the ballpark. Tauchman pulls it toward the water. White Sox, 4-0
• HOME RUN ... and how. Vargas crushes one into the Chicago bullpen. Every at-bat so far. Every at-bat. Three-run shot, of course. White Sox, 3-0
• Quero's liner stabbed by Kiner-Falefa. Yikes.
• Slater walks.
• Meidroth nearly hits the second pitch of the game out of here. Fan interference in center. It's called a double, and a crew chief review confirms.
• Call confirmed. Double.
• Meidroth nearly hits the second pitch of the game out of here. Fan interference in center. It's called a double, but a crew chief review's coming.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. White Sox, 1:39 p.m., Heaney to Meidroth, 82 degrees, cloudy
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Nick Gonzales, 2B 5. Oneil Cruz, CF 6. Joey Bart, C 7. Jack Suwinski, LF 8. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Will Venable's White Sox:
1. Chase Meidroth, SS 2. Austin Slater, RF 3. Edgar Quero, C 4. Miguel Vargas, 1B 5. Mike Tauchman, DH 6. Luis Robert Jr., CF 7. Lenyn Sosa, 2B 8. Colson Montgomery, 3B 9. Michael A. Taylor, LF
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Dejan Kovacevic
12:33 am - 07.20.2025 North ShoreFinal: White Sox 7, Pirates 2
• Who: Pirates (39-60) vs. White Sox (34-65)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 100
• When: 1:35 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 79°, cloudy
• Pitchers: LHP Andrew Heaney (4-8, 4.59 ERA) vs. RHP Aaron Civale (1-6, 5.30 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 179/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | White Sox
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final: Cruz strikes out looking to put an end to this embarrassing sweep.
• RUN: Gonzales RBI ground out. White Sox 7-2.
• Reynolds grounds out to shortstop, Cutch moves to third base.
• Cutch with leadoff double to the alley in right field.
• Mike Vasil will finish it off for the White Sox.
• Slater grounds out, really nice play by Hayes to grab that ball as it dipped instead of hoping up to him. Quero grounds out to IKF and Vargas flies out to Cruz.
• David Bednar gets the ninth and Renegade plays down 7-1....
• End eighth inning: Pirates go down in order as Hayes grounds out, IKF strikes out, and Horwitz grounds out to first.
• Dan Altavilla out to pitch for Chicago.
• Meidroth strikes out. He did his job.
• And here comes the rain.... 7-1, let's not.
• We have contact! Taylor flies out to Cruz.
• Montgomery strikes out. Can someone, anyone... hit the ball?
• Dennis Santana out to get some work in the eighth inning.
• End seventh inning: Suwinski strikes out, his second in a row.
• Bart goes down for his third strike out today, Gonzales goes to second base on the wild pitch.
• Cruz provides a breeze striking out.
• A: 19,631
• Gonzales reaches base for third time, second walk of the game.
• Pitching change for White Sox, no more of the 5+ ERA starter Civale as Grant Taylor gets the call from the bullpen.
• Vargas hit a line drive out to center field, Tauchman reaches on a hit-by-pitch, Robert hits a easy chopper back to Ramirez who throws to second for the force out, and Sosa strikes out swinging.
• End sixth inning: Reynolds strikes out.
• Cutch flies out to right field.
• IKF grounds out to second baseman, Horwitz pulls the ball for single to right field.
• Slater strikes out looking and Quero drives one to deep left in front of the wall for the final out.
• Taylor is called out on strikes and Meidroth goes the other way for single to right.
• End fifth inning: Bart swings through a curveball well out of the zone, Suwinski strikes out on the curveball as well, and Hayes grounds out to third.
• Robert strikes out swinging on 97 mph fastball, Sosa grounder to IKF allows Tauchman to move to third, and Montgomery strikes out looking.
• Ramirez on in relief. In that same spirit, I'm now turning over this live file to Eric Bowser and beginning some of my postgame material.
• RUNS. Oh, my. Vargas lifts a fly ball that somehow goes over Cruz for what's scored a two-run double. And that'll be it for Heaney. White Sox, 7-1
• Vargas doubles into the left field corner. Second and third, nobody out.
• Quero opens the Chicago fifth with a walk.
• End fourth inning. Cruz whiffs.
• Gonzales walks after two outs.
• Reynolds rolls over to first.
• Cutch pops out.
• Slater lines out to Cruz, who had a really nice beat on that ball. Third out.
• Meidroth flies out to center.
• Taylor singles into center.
• RUN. Montgomery singles into right-center to score Robert. White Sox, 5-1
• Sosa 6-3. IKF looks the runner back. One down.
• Robert swats a single into left to open the Chicago fourth.
• End third inning. Now Horwitz bounces into a 3-6-3 without even running down the line. As a fan just yelled from up here near the press box, 'WAY TO HUSTLE!'
• Hayes rolls a single up the middle to open the Pittsburgh third.
• Tauchman whiffs.
• Vargas pops up to shallow center.
• Quero one-hops to Hayes.
• End second inning. Suwinski flies out to deep left.
• Bart whiffs, and looks awful doing so.
• RUN. Cruz sac fly to deep-enough center. White Sox, 4-1
• Little League triple for Gonzales to open the Pittsburgh second. Bloop dropped into shallow left, and Taylor threw it to the Chicago dugout.
• Slater 4-3. Third out.
• Meidroth lines out to Horwitz. Two down.
• Taylor smashes a double off the base of the fence in center.
• Montgomery 5-3 to open the Chicago second.
• End first inning. Reynolds 3-1.
• Cutch 5-3.
• Horwitz gets the offense going with a whiff.
• Sosa flies out to Reynolds. Only 20 pitches, somehow, for Heaney, which is good because he's gonna need to wear this one today.
• Robert bounces out to Hayes.
• ANOTHER HOME RUN ... only this one left the ballpark. Tauchman pulls it toward the water. White Sox, 4-0
• HOME RUN ... and how. Vargas crushes one into the Chicago bullpen. Every at-bat so far. Every at-bat. Three-run shot, of course. White Sox, 3-0
• Quero's liner stabbed by Kiner-Falefa. Yikes.
• Slater walks.
• Meidroth nearly hits the second pitch of the game out of here. Fan interference in center. It's called a double, and a crew chief review confirms.
• Call confirmed. Double.
• Meidroth nearly hits the second pitch of the game out of here. Fan interference in center. It's called a double, but a crew chief review's coming.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. White Sox, 1:39 p.m., Heaney to Meidroth, 82 degrees, cloudy
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Nick Gonzales, 2B
5. Oneil Cruz, CF
6. Joey Bart, C
7. Jack Suwinski, LF
8. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Will Venable's White Sox:
1. Chase Meidroth, SS
2. Austin Slater, RF
3. Edgar Quero, C
4. Miguel Vargas, 1B
5. Mike Tauchman, DH
6. Luis Robert Jr., CF
7. Lenyn Sosa, 2B
8. Colson Montgomery, 3B
9. Michael A. Taylor, LF
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